UK SECURITY DEAL?
As doubts swirl over the transatlantic relationship, many are eager to step up ties with an previous pal: Britain.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer can be again within the fold – at the very least for one dinner – as the primary UK chief to attend a European Council gathering for the reason that nation withdrew from the EU 5 years in the past.
Starmer mentioned he wished to work with EU leaders to “crush Putin’s struggle machine” by additional concentrating on Russia’s economic system.
The British chief, who has sought to reset relations after the rancour of Brexit, mentioned he wished to strike a “formidable” safety partnership with the EU.
That would convey Britain, with its potent navy and enormous defence business, a bit nearer.
“We won’t be commentators in relation to issues of peace on our continent,” Starmer mentioned.
However the bitter legacy of Brexit stays.
Quite a few EU diplomats mentioned there can’t be progress till a dispute over fishing rights is resolved and London drops its opposition to a youth mobility scheme proposed by Brussels.
